Example sentences of "afterwards [that] " in BNC.

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1 Lord Donaldson said afterwards that his proposal would not lead to a downgrading of justice .
2 Mr Sedgemore was later allowed into the hotel to put the protesters ' case to Mr Maxwell , and the MP said afterwards that the millionaire publisher — who he described as a distinguished socialist — had insisted that he would under no circumstances take back his former employees .
3 They said afterwards that Mr Patten listened sympathetically but gave no specific response .
4 The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net .
5 He said afterwards that he and his colleagues impressed on Mr Patten their fear that the tax could be a ‘ poisoned chalice ’ if it was not made attractive to voters .
6 The foreman , Ricky Hill , said afterwards that the only problem they had was in deciding exactly when Mr Bakker began the pattern of fraud .
7 But advocates of PR said afterwards that the issue would not go away : Labour has yet to decide its preferred method of electing its proposed regional assemblies and its replacement for the House of Lords .
8 Mrs Sisulu had a short meeting at her home yesterday with Winnie Mandela , who said afterwards that her husband , Nelson Mandela , would not be freed this year .
9 Mr Goodwin said afterwards that he was glad to be spending Christmas at liberty .
10 In fact , I remember when I first introduced him to my father and before he 'd said a word , I said , ‘ This is my father ’ who told me afterwards that he had n't realized that it was a boy because I mean … long hair — his hair was really long .
11 David had almost completed the album , ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , and it was n't long afterwards that Tony Visconti moved out of Haddon Hall .
12 He did admit afterwards that they had been carried away by trying to make a quick breakthrough and had bowled badly , but it still left an unpleasant taste .
13 He said afterwards that he had understood Terry had come out just to allow him to reach his goal , but it was an unfortunate end to a splendid innings , which made him the first English batsman since Barrington in 1967 to score three consecutive centuries in a series .
14 Hall said afterwards that he had not realized himself capable of such sustained accurate bowling , but kept at it simply because Worrell wanted him to ; he also said that he was physically and mentally shattered at the end of it .
15 If any of them hinted afterwards that his wife might not be thrilled at seeing them again , he 'd say , ‘ You can tell her to bugger off any time . ’
16 He could tell his wife afterwards that another woman had been in there .
17 I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work .
18 We also need to reassure the horse shortly afterwards that it has not lost our affection , otherwise it would lose confidence in us .
19 It emerged afterwards that nobody in Iran had known who McFarlane/Devlin was .
20 ( Coy remarked afterwards that he had become ‘ quite a good distance runner , since his towel was knelt on . )
21 The famous sequence when the helicopters gather in the sky before the great attack has music with it — very familiar music ! — but , do you know , I was so gripped by the power of Coppola 's image , the helicopters , the music , that it was n't until many , many hours afterwards that I realized what the music was he had been using .
22 Borg said afterwards that he and Lloyd were just getting the feel of the game when they lost it .
23 Robertson , not unexpectedly , claimed afterwards that his strike should have been recognised .
24 Davies , once described fondly by a former captain of Wasps , Alan Black , as the clown prince of rugby , said enigmatically afterwards that every dog had his day .
25 Wilson , one of four British swimmers pre-selected for Barcelona , admitted afterwards that he was ‘ disappointed ’ .
26 The Mercury stated shortly afterwards that ‘ Three persons were took up on suspicion ’ and later that ‘ Ambrose Strange , who killed him , was hanged in chains on Tyler 's Heath for it . ’
27 … I learned afterwards that the surgeon said in the waiting room : ‘ Queens have the right to be brought to bed before their time ; they do n't count like other people . ’
28 Ludens said afterwards that it was a sound of protest at this rough handling .
29 It was said afterwards that the remains of the truck could have been packed into a kitbag .
30 So extensive was the havoc wrought in those two days that it was only many months afterwards that a complete picture began to emerge of what had happened .
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